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The 12th data report released for the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee reporting on data of deaths in children and young people aged 28 days to 24 years who died in New Zealand from 2002 to the present.

This report considers perinatal and maternal mortality and morbidity from 1 January to 31 December 2015; perinatal mortality from 2007 to 2015; maternal mortality from 2006 to 2015; and babies with neonatal encephalopathy from 2010 to 2015.

This companion report documents the devastation of family violence – the lives lost and the enduring burden of harm afflicted upon the living.

Raising the bar on the national patient experience survey responds to the adult national inpatient experience survey results by investigating the lower scoring areas of the survey and recommending interventions to improve these results.

The resource Do you really see me or just my disability? was developed by Bay of Plenty DHB quality and patient safety coordinator Cheryl Shearer and tells the stories of seven people living with disabilities.

This document provides methodology and definitions for Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee reporting.

On 22 May 2019, the Health Quality & Safety Commission's Partners-in-Care programme held an all-of-Commission consumer forum.

The twelfth annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) has a new format from previous reports. It addresses neonatal mortality and neonatal encephalopathy in depth.

Hospice New Zealand launched the Standards for Palliative Care (Fourth Edition) 2019 after an extensive consultation and review process involving all hospices services in New Zealand.

The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Partners in Care team held an all-of-Commission consumer forum in May 2019.